diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a1b6068156..a71c7bc755 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -426,7 +426,9 @@ $(OBJ_DIR)/sym_common.ld: sym_common.txt $(C_OBJS) $(wildcard common_syms/*.txt)
 $(OBJ_DIR)/sym_ewram.ld: sym_ewram.txt
 	$(RAMSCRGEN) ewram_data $< ENGLISH > $@
 
-TEACHABLE_DEPS := $(shell find data/ -type f -name '*.inc') $(INCLUDE_DIRS)/constants/tms_hms.h $(C_SUBDIR)/pokemon.c
+MOVES_JSON_DIR := $(TOOLS_DIR)/learnset_helpers/porymoves_files
+TEACHABLE_DEPS := $(shell find data/ -type f -name '*.inc') $(INCLUDE_DIRS)/constants/tms_hms.h $(C_SUBDIR)/pokemon.c $(wildcard $(MOVES_JSON_DIR)/*.json)
+
 $(DATA_SRC_SUBDIR)/pokemon/teachable_learnsets.h: $(TEACHABLE_DEPS)
 	python3 $(TOOLS_DIR)/learnset_helpers/teachable.py